Building panel construction system

ABSTRACT

A building panel construction system is disclosed comprising, inter alia, two panels of equal panel thickness forming said panel construction, each panel having at least one tongue on each of opposite sides thereof, said panels forming via cooperating tongues thereon, a recessed joint between adjacent ends thereof, said joint extending end to end of said panels and recessed behind a face of said panel construction, said joint having a width equal to the panel thickness of said panel construction so that the centerline of said panel construction stays centered on module lines, said panel construction including a joint cover member disposed in said joint, a retainer member disposed in said joint and having snap lock retention means thereon for joining said joint cover member to said panel construction, at least two of said tongues disposed in said joint serving as means for fastening said panels together.

[ Apr. 23, 1974 1 1 BUILDING PANEL CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM [75] Inventor: Camiel R. De Schutter, St. Clair Shores, Mich.

[73] Assignee: Perfect Module Systems, Inc., Mt. Clemens, Mich.

[22] Filed: Nov. 19, 1970 [21] Appl. No.: 91,083

[52] US. Cl 52/714, 52/122, 52/211,

52/481, 52/242 [51] Int. Cl E04b 2/28 [58] Field of Search 52/496, 499, 481, 238,

FOREIGN PATENTS OR APPLICATIONS 511,174 5/1952 Belgium 52/481 Primary Examiner-John E. Murtagh 0r Firm-Weiner, Basile and Weintraub 5 7] ABSTRACT A building panel construction system is disclosed comprising, inter alia, two panels of equal panel thickness forming said panel construction, each panel having at least one tongue on each of opposite sides thereof, said panels forming via cooperating tongues thereon, a recessed joint between adjacent ends thereof, said joint extending end to end of said panels and recessed behind a face of said panel construction, said joint having a width equal to the panel thickness of said panel construction so that the centerline of said panel construction stays centered on module lines, said panel construction including a joint cover member disposed in said joint, a retainer member disposed in said joint and having snap lock retention means thereon for joining said joint cover member to said panel construction, at least two of said tongues disposed in said joint serving as means. for fastening said panels together.

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1. In a wall panel system having a plurality of building components connected at a wall joint, a retainer member for joining said panel components at said wall joint, said retainer member comprising a longitudinal member having a U-shaped cross section, the base of said U-shaped member having longitudinally extending surface deformations on the opposite sides of said base adjacent the legs of said U-shaped retainer member; a plurality of longitudinally spaced tab means carried by said base on said opposite sides thereof and traversing said longitudinally extending surface deformations, said tab means and said deformations cooperating to form a com-pressive snap lock means therein between to receive and hold portions of said wall panel building components on said opposite sides of said retainer member, said member legs having opposing surface deformations formed on the inner sides of said legs to define second snap lock means thereinbetween for receiving and holding a second building component of said wall panel system.
 2. The wall panel system defined in claim 1, wherein said tab means are disposed above said first mentioned base surface deformations and define an opening on said opposite sides of said base to receive said portions of said wall panel building components, said tab means being punched out section of said base.
 3. The wall system defined in claim 1, wherein said retainer member further comprising longitudinally spaced slots extending through said base to permit the passage therethrough of a coupling means for fastening said retainer member to a second building component.
 4. The wall system defined in claim 1, wherein each of said longitudinal base deformations on each side of said base comprises a plurality of parallel protrusions extending along the longitudinal length of said base, said tab means being punched out portion of said base.
 5. The wall system defined in claim 1, wherein said second snap lock means formed on said member legs are outwardly formed protrusions on each leg and extending the full longitudinal length of said base.
 6. The wall system defined in claim 1, wherein each of said longitudinal base deformations on each side of said base comprises a plurality of parallel protrusions extending along the longitudinal length of said base, said tab means being punched out portion of said base, said second snap lock means formed on said member legs being outwardly formed protrusions on each leg and extending the full longitudinal length of said base, said retainer member further comprising longitudinally spaced slots extending through said base to permit the passage therethrough of a coupling means for fastening said retainer member to a second retainer member. 